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Author of a novel, a book of short stories, essays, and numerous volumes of poetry, among them the National Book Award finalist and NAACP Image Award winner Collected Poems 1974 – 2004, she also edited The Best American Poetry 2000 and the Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry (2011).
Dove has brought her poetry to television audiences through her appearances on CNN and NBC’s Today Show. Public Broadcasting has devoted an hour-long primetime special to her life and work. Browse all poems and texts published on Rita Dove.
Heart to Heart. In ‘Heart to Heart,’ Rita Dove poignantly explores the limitations of the heart and the longing for emotional connection. This poem by Rita Dove is a remarkable poem that stands out among other poems by the poet.
Rita Dove, "Heart to Heart" from American Smooth. Copyright © 2004 by Rita Dove. Used by permission of the author and W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Source: American Smooth (W. W. Norton and Company Inc., 2004) It's neither red.
Canary. By Rita Dove. for Michael S. Harper. Billie Holiday’s burned voice. had as many shadows as lights, a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano, the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you’re cooking, drummer to bass,
About this Poem “How to find words for the human heart and all the emotions we ascribe to it? The path is a veritable minefield of clichés—those well-intentioned, once-fresh expressions whose very popularity has rendered them useless, even laughable.
Dove is an inspirational figure for African-Americans and for women, and her own work reflects these two important facets of her life, featuring many iconic names including Billie Holiday, Rosa Parks and Hattie McDaniel.
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